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Correspondence from IMF Resident Representative to P.B. Jayasundera Secretary to the President
(3/19/2020)Tubagus Feridhanusetyawan, IMF Resident Representative for Sri Lanka and Maldives, has sent correspondence regarding the pursuit of IMF support through the Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI) to address urgent balance of ... -
Government Borrowing Programme for First Four Months of 2020
(2019-12-19)In this letter dated 19 December 2019, Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Governor of the Central Bank, informs S.R. Attygalle, Secretary to the Treasury, of the Monetary Board’s recommendations for the Government Borrowing Programme ... -
Note on the Views of the MBEDMC on the Need for a Close Engagement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
(2021-02-01)This note apprises the Governor and the Monetary Board of the views of the Monetary Board Level External Debt Monitoring Committee (MBEDMC) and the Deputy Governor led External Debt Monitoring Committee (DEDMC) on the need ... -
Report to Basil Rajapaksa, Hon. Minister of Finance as required under Sections 64 and 68 of the Monetary Law Act: February 2022
(2022-02-28)This report, dated 28 February 2022, was submitted by Ajith Nivard Cabraal, Governor and Chairman of the Monetary Board of Sri Lanka, to Basil Rajapaksa, Hon. Minister of Finance, under Section 64 and Section 68 of the ... -
Board Paper - Implementing Urgent Measures to Restore External Sector Stability
(2022-03-07)This Board Paper (MB/ER&IO/8/1/2022 dated 7 March 2022), submitted by the Monetary Policy Committee through the Review of the Monetary Policy Stance No. 2 of 2022, seeks Monetary Board approval to allow the exchange rate ... -
Facilitation of a Direct Window for Investments in Sri Lanka Development Bonds by Recipients of Export Proceeds and other Foreign Currency Holders
(2021-12-22)This Board Paper (B/PD/41/17/2021) seeks the approval of the Monetary Board (MB) to facilitate a Direct Window for investments by the recipients of goods and services export proceeds and other foreign currency holders in ... -
Petrol Market Price vs. Formula Price in December 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-12-08)Fuel price update The market price of petrol 92 remained unchanged while the formula price shot up by LKR 6.71, widening the gap between the two to LKR 7.96. This is the largest gap between the two prices in an ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in November 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-11-04)On 01 November 2025, the market price of Octane 92 Petrol reduced to LKR 294 from LKR 299 at the start of October, while the market price of Auto Diesel remained unchanged at LKR 277. Over that period, the prices computed ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in October 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-10-03)On 01 October 2025, the market price of Octane 92 Petrol remained unchanged at LKR 299.00, while the market price of Auto Diesel had reduced to LKR 277.00 from the LKR 283.00 price at the start of September. Over that ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in August 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-08-01)Fuel prices remained unchanged in August 2025, with the market price of Octane 92 Petrol at LKR 305.00 and Auto Diesel at LKR 289.00. However, the formula price for petrol fell to LKR 296.10 from LKR 301.12 in July, while ... -
Petrol and Diesel Market Price vs. Formula Price in September 2025
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-09-02)Fuel prices reduced in September 2025, with the market price of Octane 92 Petrol falling to LKR 299.00 from LKR 305.00 in August, and Auto Diesel declining to LKR 283.00 from LKR 289.00 in the same time frame. However, the ... -
Budget 2026: Disclosure in line with the professional standards expected in Public Financial Management Act?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2026-02-05)The 2026 Budget, presented on 7 November 2025 by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, is the first full-year budget prepared under the Public Financial Management Act No. 44 of 2024 (PFM Act). That status matters. The PFM ... -
State of the Budget 2026
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2026-01)This 5th edition of the State of the Budget by Verité Research provides an independent analysis of the National Budget for 2026 presented to the Parliament of Sri Lanka on 7 November 2025. It evaluates the budget’s financial, ... -
Gearing up for Budget 2026
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2025-09-26)Sri Lanka has lacked effective and convenient channels for public participation in the budget process. In the Open Budget Survey 2023, Sri Lanka had the lowest participation score in a decade and ranked 82nd out of 125 ... -
වාර්ගිකත්වය සඳහන් කිරීම මෙම පුවතට ඝෘජුවම අදාළ වේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 9/5/2024)For the first time in the history of Katunayake Airport, an individual who allegedly tried to flee to France using the airport’s business facilities was arrested by Border Investigation Unit officers of the Department of ... -
Is the external appearance relevant to the news?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 1/24/2024)On January 7, 2024, Hiru TV primetime news reported that the body of a woman had been exhumed by a person allegedly suffering from substance abuse disorder. The report referred to the deceased using the term “Beauty’s”. ... -
Which TV channels covered nullification of Duminda Silva's presidential pardon?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 1/23/2024)On January 17, 2024, the Supreme Court ordered the invalidation of the presidential pardon granted by former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to former Parliamentarian Duminda Silva, who had been sentenced to death and imprisoned ... -
“කුඩ්ඩෙක්” - මෙවැනි යෙදුම් අනුමත කළ හැකි ද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-06-27)On June 26 and 27, 2024, the Mawbima newspaper published two reports that used the derogatory term “Kuddek” (කුඩ්ඩෙක්) in their headlines and used “Mathlolin” (මත්ලෝලීන්) in the content to refer to drug users and drug ... -
යාපනයේ කාන්තාවක් දිවි තොර කර ගැනීමේ පුවත සිංහල පුවත්පත් ආවරණය කළ ආකාරය
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-22)On July 22, 2024, Dinamina and Divaina newspapers reported on the suicide of a woman in Jaffna. Both newspapers published the story without mentioning any helplines and described the method and oversimplified reasons for ... -
“කුඩ්ඩන්” / “කුඩු ලෝලීන්” - ඍණාත්මක ලේබල් කිරීම් නොවේද?
(Colombo: Verité Research, 2024-07-24)On July 24, 2024, Divaina, Dinamina, and Mawbima newspapers reported the arrest of three individuals at a private hospital for allegedly selling painkillers to drug users without a doctor’s prescription. All newspaper used ...